They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
MAGIC JOHNSONResearch your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds … It’s still the greatest move I’ve ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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You know I was a shy guy and people didn’t know that and still don’t know it today. I’m sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.
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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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